2 Timothy 3

¹And this know thou, that in the last days shall approach perilous times.

²And men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemous, not obedient to their parents, unkind, wicked,

³without affection, without peace, accusers, incontinent, unmerciful, without benignity,

⁴traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of voluptuousness more than of God:

⁵having an appearance indeed of piety, but denying the virtue thereof. And these avoid.

⁶For of these be they that craftily enter into houses; & lead captive seely women laden with sins, which are led with diverse desires:

⁷always learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth.

⁸But as Iannes and Mambres resisted Moyses, so these also resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

⁹But they shall prosper no further: for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also was.

¹⁰But thou hast attained to my doctrine, institution, purpose, faith, longanimity, love, patience,

¹¹persecutions, passions: what manner of things were done to me at Antioch, at I conium, at Lystra: what manner of persecutions I sustained. And out of all our Lord delivered me.

¹²And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.

¹³But evil men & seducers shall prosper to the worse: erring, and driving into error.

¹⁴But thou, continue in those things which thou hast learned, & are committed to thee: knowing of whom thou hast learned;

¹⁵& because from thine infancy thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶All Scripture inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to argue, to correct, to instruct in justice:

¹⁷that the man of God may be perfect, instructed to every good work.